Brassiere



.J. RQHAYES Dec. 19, 1967 BRASSIERE Filed Oct. 18, 1965 aw BY ATTORNEY United States Patent 0 3,358,691 BRASSIERE Jesse R. Hayes, Hewlett Harbor, N.Y., assignor to Treo Company, Inc., Jamaica, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Oct. 18, 1965, Ser. No. 496,853 1 Claim. (Cl. 128510) In brassiere constructions it is generally the custom to apply the shoulder straps each to the top of a cup, the rear end of the strap being fixed by stitching to the top of the back band. The direct pull of the strap upon the tops of the back bands has been found to have a tendency to pull the back bands upwardly out of proper position. The object of the present invention is to cure said difficulty by the provision for the rear end of each shoulder strap of an elastic web band, the latter being attached to the back bands only at its ends, and the shoulder straps being attached to the elastic web bands intermediate their lengths. In other words the shoulder straps are not on the back bands themselves, but have attachment to elastic web bands secured to the base lines of the brassier back bands, and which have relatively free action of motion.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIGURE 1 is an isometric view looking toward the front of the brassiere cups, and showing an embodiment of the invention applied to the inner faces of the back bands.

FIGURE 2 is a view in elevation showing one of the back bands and fragment of a cup, the inner face of the back band fragmentarily showing a shoulder strap and its attachment to one of the elastic web bands.

FIGURE 3 is a longitudinal section taken through FIGURE 2 on the line 3-3, looking in the direction of the arrows in FIGURE 2.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown a brassiere construction comprising the cups 2, connecting framing for the cups 3, back bands 4, and shoulder straps 5.

The shoulder straps may be longitudinally elastic and the back bands 4 are preferably reinforced at their upper and lower margins by elastic tapes of longitudinal stretch,

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these tapes being shown at 6. The fabric of the back bands preferably is elastic in a generally longitudinal direction, as indicated by the arrows. As customary the back bands will 'be provided with suitable means for adjustable connection. In the present embodiment, one back band carries a hook 7 to be received in the eyes 8 of a tape 9 carried by the second back hand. If desired the tape 9 may be longitudinally elastic.

Seamed at its ends to the lower margin of each back band, inwardly of the ends thereof, is a relatively narrow elastic web band 10. Lying over the shoulder strap, in each case, and seamed thereto and to the elastic web band It may be a reinforcing strip 11, the latter being seamed to the said elastic web band.

By means of the invention, the pull of the shoulder straps at the rear of the brassiere is translated into two forces which in substantial part are horizontally directed at the bases of the back bands, and at points lying substantially apart.

It will be understood that various modifications may be made in the form and arrangement of the elements of the brassiere illustrated in the drawings, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

In a brassiere comprising cups, back bands, and houlder straps, of an elastic web band having longitudinal stretch for each back band of the brassiere and said elastic web band being secured at its ends to the brassiere back band, the elastic web being positioned at the lower margin of the brassiere back band, and a shoulder strap secured at one end to the elastic web band centrally thereof, the elastic web band having free action of motion between its ends.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,882,906 4/1959 Steinmetz l28498 2,883,930 6/1959 Coleman et al l28489 3,203,425 8/1965 Kaplan 12851O ADELE M. EAGER, Primary Examiner. 

